Airship anchorage



W. AUBERLIN AIRSHIP ANCHORAGE May 17 1927. 1,629,197

' Filed Jan.18. 192e z-sneets-sneet 1 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

' 'May 17, 1921.

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Filed Jan. 18,

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Patented May 17,1927. l 1,6Z,l917

UNiTED sr'lss- TENT if-FICE.

WILLIAM AUBERLIN, or NORTHFIELD, oHIo.

y AIRSHIP ANCHORAGE.

Application led January 18, 1926. Serial No. 82,022.

This invention relates to improvements inl the direction of the wind yis flown from airship anchorage and more v`particularly to pole 16.

means for securely mooring, trimming and Means for turning the'turntable is pro-4 sheltering airships under any weather convided by observation house controlledv re- 4. ditions providing reliability of commercial Versable electric motor17 mounted thereon,

schedule and ellminating the necessity of driving through pinion 18 reduction gears expensive sheds with large attendant land- 19 bevel gears 20, vertical shaft 2 1, bevel ing crews and providing a more secure gears 22, horizontal shafts 23 mounted on anchorage than is afforded by the-ordinary the bottom side of turntable 7 and carrying l" non-protecting mooring mast. pinions- 24 meshing with a stationary cir-f The present types of airship sheds and cular rack 25 mounted'on foundation 10'.

' mooring masts do not permit an airship to To moor the airship, the Wind break is maintain a commercial schedule as an airturned-With its apex', into the windvby the ship cannot enter or be removed from 'its operator inthe control house and the apshed when a fifteen mile or, over wind is proaching airship with its nose trimmed into blowing across the entrance and the ordinary the wind is moored to the sheltered mooring mooring mast does not provide a secure mast and guy cables 14; and 14L are attached anchorage in severe 'thunderstorms or in bracing and controlling lateral'movement of gales accompanied by gusts varying rapidly the airship. When the wind shifts the 20 in direction. mooring structure is turned accordingly,

Other objects of my invention will be trimmingl thewind'break l'and airship nose hereinafter pointed out. intojthe wind: The Wind break rotects' the In the drawings mooring mast and airship from i h Winds Fig. 1 shows an airship moored to my imand heavy gales allowing the airship to ride 25 proved mooring mast.- safely behind and the guy cables brace Fig. 2 is an enlarged planview with the f against gusts varying rapidly in direction.

control house removed and the airship nose' Turntable motor controls may be located at shown in dot and dash lines. other convenient points;

l Fig. 3 is a partial vertical' section on line My improved mooring mast eliminates thev 30 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Referring tothe drawingsl indicates, an and simplifies the maneuvering with an airship moored to a mooring mast indicated ordinary mooringmast. generally at 2 by means of a suitable moor- While I have shown one form of my'ining hook 3 securely engaging the mast postvention, it is obvious that many modifica 4 of rotatable platform 5 mounted on top of tions may be madein 4the details of oo ndiiicult maneuvering necessary with a shed -SO a mast 6 of any suitable structure mounted struction without departing from the essenon and eccentrlc to the axis of turntable 7 tials of the invention. ,I therefore do not carried by wheels 8 olf circular track 9,sup limit myself to such details.- ported by foundation 10. I claim v40 A V-shaped wind'break or shield indicated 1. An airship anchorage comprising a ro- ,M

at 11 com rising smooth boarded sides 12 tary platform, a moormg mast mounted secured to racing structure 13, is mounted thereon, and a windshield mounted on the .on turntable -7 its apex disposed opposite to platform beside the mooring-mast, the mast mast -2 across .the turntable center at the pebeing located `at one side of the center of roripheral edge. Guycables 14 and 14a setation of the platform' and the Windshield 95 cured at the wind break ends 15 and 16 are being located at the opposite side of the said l. connected to thel airship sides at 17 and 18. center.

A control 'and observation house 15 and' 2. An airship anchorage comprising a ropennant pole 16 are mounted on mot the tary platform, a mooring mast mounted, 4

50 wind break. Af pennant 17 for eating thereon, and a V-shaped windshield mounted on the platform, the mast being located at one side of the center of rotation of the platform and the apex of the windshield heiner positioned substantially diamctrcally opposite thereto.

3. An airshp anchorage comprising a rotatable platform, a mooring mast mounted thereon, an angular Windshield also mounted on the platform, and guy cables attached to opposite ends of thevwindshield and adapted for connection to opposite-sides of the airship when the nose ofthe latter is attached to the mooring mast. l

In testimony whereof, I do ax my signature.

WILLIAM AUBERLIN 

